. 2021 Aug 8;100(11):101416. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101416

Table 6.

Content of microelements (Cu, Mn, Zn) in albumen (a) and yolk (b) in eggs of laying hens.

a)
	Micronutrient content [mg/kg] in albumen
	Cu²⁺		Mn²⁺		Zn²⁺
Group	Content	SEM	Content	SEM	Content	SEM
Alfalfa 0%	0.725^abcdef	0.063	0.039^ag	0.003	0.924^abcd	0.067	D 0
Alfalfa 50%	0.353^a	0.031	0.038^bh	0.003	0.259^aefg	0.027
Alfalfa 100%	0.252^bg	0.022	0.016^cghi	0.001	0.247^bhij	0.063
Goldenrod 0%	0.485^cg	0.042	0.028^d	0.003	0.690^ehkl	0.042
Goldenrod 50%	0.433^d	0.037	0.034 ^ei	0.003	0.356^ckm	0.046
Goldenrod 100%	0.336 ^e	0.029	0.026^f	0.002	1.11^filmn	0.089
Control	0.316 ^f	0.027	0.067^abcdef	0.006	0.607^dgjn	0.031
Alfalfa 0%	0.324^abcdef	0.061	0.018	0.006	0.368	0.127	D 30
Alfalfa 50%	0.148^a	0.065	0.003	0.006	0.011^a	0.110
Alfalfa 100%	0.203^b	0.008	0.022	0.001	0.737^a	0.008
Goldenrod 0%	0.181 ^c	0.041	0.007	0.004	0.307	0.102
Goldenrod 50%	0.169^d	0.020	0.006	0.004	0.246	0.204
Goldenrod 100%	0.119 ^e	0.012	0.005	0.001	0.131	0.102
Control	0.147^f	0.004	0.007	0.001	0.113	0.012
Alfalfa 0%	0.197^a	0.061	0.019^a	0.004	0.292^a	0.127	D 60
Alfalfa 50%	0.171^b	0.012	0.014^b	0.008	0.149^b	0.171
Alfalfa 100%	0.166^c	0.012	0.013 ^c	0.004	0.344^c	0.102
Goldenrod 0%	0.22^d	0.016	0.025^d	0.008	0.818^d	0.151
Goldenrod 50%	0.274 ^e	0.037	0.038^e	0.012	1.17 ^e	0.086
Goldenrod 100%	0.466^abcdef	0.049	0.117^abcdef	0.016	3.61^abcdef	0.204
Control	0.244^f	0.118	0.019^f	0.049	0.495^f	0.037

b)
	Micronutrient content [mg/kg] in albumen
	Cu²⁺		Mn²⁺		Zn²⁺
Group	Content	SEM	Content	SEM	Content	SEM
Alfalfa 0%	2.11	0.183	0.787	0.069	30.6	2.654	D 0
Alfalfa 50%	2.07	0.179	1.100	0.096	34.6	3.001
Alfalfa 100%	2.24	0.194	0.818	0.071	29.0	2.408
Goldenrod 0%	1.96	0.170	0.988	0.086	30.2	2.579
Goldenrod 50%	2.20	0.191	0.763 ^a	0.067	34.2	2.809
Goldenrod 100%	1.63	0.142	0.894	0.078	26.2	2.480
Control	2.21	0.191	1.16^a	0.101	30.3	1.524
Alfalfa 0%	1.42 ^a	0.167	0.824^abc	0.033	33.5^abc	1.155	D 30
Alfalfa 50%	1.15^abc	0.033	0.898^def	0.037	33.8^def	0.771
Alfalfa 100%	1.26	0.082	0.937^ghi	0.041	34.4^ghi	0.976
Goldenrod 0%	1.47^b	0.029	0.609^adgj	0.033	25.3^adgjk	1.461
Goldenrod 50%	1.44 ^c	0.086	0.505^behkl	0.033	26.1^beh	1.576
Goldenrod 100%	1.21	0.049	0.785^jk	0.020	32.6^jkl	1.710
Control	1.37	0.037	0.653^cfil	0.065	24.9 ^cfil	1.302
Alfalfa 0%	1.42^a	0.057	0.643^a	0.057	27.9^a	2.347	D 60
Alfalfa 50%	1.41^b	0.041	0.525^b	0.020	23.5^abc	0.380
Alfalfa 100%	1.24^c	0.053	0.539^c	0.029	26.9^ef	1.686
Goldenrod 0%	1.29^d	0.057	0.758^d	0.037	33.3^bg	0.653
Goldenrod 50%	2.07^abcdef	0.196	0.958	0.127	43.5 ^acegh	4.710
Goldenrod 100%	1.26 ^e	0.061	0.851^e	0.049	31.7^hi	1.608
Control	1.58^f	0.180	1.33^abcde	0.331	36.1^dif	3.433

^a-n

(a) The averages in the column marked with the same letter differ significantly for P < 0.05; significant statistical differences were determined for each day of egg collection separately.

^a-l

(b) The averages in the column marked with the same letter differ significantly for P < 0.05; significant statistical differences were determined for each day of egg collection separately.